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December 2051

The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Gemini on December 17 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 3; Mercury retrograde ends December 5.

Winter Solstice

Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 5:34 pm ET

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This month

  • New Moon · SagittariusDec 3 · 4:37 am
  • First Quarter · PiscesDec 10 · 7:07 pm
  • Full Moon · GeminiDec 17 · 11:05 am
  • Last Quarter · LibraDec 24 · 6:21 pm
  • Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 5:34 pm
  • Mercury stations directDec 5 · 2:24 am

Mercury retrograde Nov 15 – Dec 5

All times Eastern (America/New_York) — the printed edition's anchor.

Notable aspects

  • Mars opposition NeptuneDec 26 · 2:02 pm
  • Mars sextile UranusDec 29 · 1:37 pm
  • Mars square SaturnDec 8 · 10:34 am
  • Venus sextile PlutoDec 1 · 4:10 pm
  • Venus sextile MarsDec 4 · 6:18 pm
  • Sun sextile SaturnDec 7 · 11:26 pm
  • Mercury opposition NeptuneDec 11 · 8:27 am
  • Venus trine NeptuneDec 16 · 9:29 pm
  • Venus trine JupiterDec 22 · 12:27 am
  • Sun sextile PlutoDec 31 · 2:37 pm